Monument record 0040900000 - 1.7 MILES W.OF WING CHURCH

Dimensions - Width 9m,Length 35m.
Plan Form - L-shaped.
HOMESTEAD MOAT FRAGMENT. W PART TRACEABLE IN ADJOINING FIELD (B1).
L-SHAPED WATERFILLED DEPRESSION. EACH ARM IS C.35M LONG, 9M WIDE, UP TO 1.8M DEEP. NO EVIDENCE THAT ARMS CONTINUED TO FORM MOAT & NO TRACE OF FOUNDATIONS BUT APPEARANCE SUGGESTS A MOAT. ON A LOW HILL IN DENSE SCRUB ON OLD AIRFIELD (B2).

Remains of a medieval moat is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located adjacent the residence ‘Lockharts’ about 350 metres WSW of South Tinkers Hole Farm and centred at SP 85161 22701, a reverse L-shaped ditch up to 11 metres wide is 49 metres N-S and 47 metres E- W. Recorded on the 1880 dated 1st Edition OS map, in the mid-20th century the earthwork fell within the boundary of former wartime airfield RAF Wing in the west of its Technical Site. On recent remote sensing data, the moat remains extant within new woodland though the north end appears to have been infilled (3-5).